Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?

Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?

Why don't you see what I really want is for real?

But I don't think you know how to keep it real

You can be my lover or you can be friend,

We can be official or we can just pretend,

Just let a nigga know before the night ends,

Just in time for our lives to begin.



Let me tell you bout this lady friend of mine

I don't know how to keep her off my mind

But let me tell you two things that I do know

She is the girl for me 

I've already met my 10 girl

But my niggas say that it's a lost cause

Cause a girl like her just never falls for a nigga like me

But when I see her I just ask her what do I have to do?



Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?

Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?

Why don't you see what I really want is for real?

But I don't think you know how to keep it real

You can be my lover or you can be friend

We can be official or we can just pretend

Just let a nigga know before the night ends

Just in time for our lives to begin



I've been really thinking bout just what she does to me

How I care about her and how she can't see that

I'm the nigga that she needs 

And if I tell you I gat you baby girl believe that

I know niggas might lie 

But we both know that that's no surprise

And I can see it in the signs that I need you by my side



Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?

Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?

Why don't you see what I really want is for real?

But I don't think you know how to keep it real

You can be my lover or you can be friend

We can be official or we can just pretend

Just let a nigga know before the night ends

Just in time for our lives to begin



And I can tell when I look in your eyes,

You really wanna talk to me and baby girl its no surprise

That you gat everything I need

I've really been wrestling with this one question

Let this be a lesson if your lady's your blessing

Let this be a lesson if your lady's your blessing



Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?

Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?

Why don't you see what I really want is for real?

But I don't think you know how to keep it real

You can be my lover or you can be friend

We can be official or we can just pretend

Just let a nigga know before the night ends

Just in time for our lives to begin